Clothes-drier.



F. KRAVIECZ.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. n. ma.

1 274,284. .lutented July 30, 1918.

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CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. II. I918.

W 47 HM 0 WM m w v m WM INVENTOR fl nk 629 m ATTORNEY FRANK KRAVIECZ, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July e0, 1918.

Application filed April 11, 1918. Serial No. 227,868.

I provide a convenient support for wet articles, which may be used with entire safety, the articles being placed in position, when the support is so operated as to extend within the room, and afterward extended outward so that articles may be dried by the air.

A further object is to provide a clothes hanger which may be secured to the walls of a building adjacent to a Window or like opening, the hanger being of sufficient capacity to answer the purposes of an ordinary family, and which may be maneuvered in or out of the window in an easy and convenient manner.

Another object is to provide means where by, when the support is extended, it is firmly held so that the articles suspended thereon are not brought in contact wlth the walls of the building or other obstructions.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view, showing a clothes hanger made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top lan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a simi ar top plan view, the supporting element being shown as extended inwardly through a window.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevational view of the support bracket, and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Throughout the several drawings, the frame of the building is indicated by the numeral 10, the same having an opening 11, here indicated as the frame of a window, the sash being removed so as to present a clear passage therethrough.

The device is shown attached to the left contain central longitudinal openings 18,-

other narrow parallel slots 19, being formed adjacent thereto, and freely movable in the bracket openings are blocks 20, through which pass bolts 21, extending through the slots 19 and furnished at their outer ends with winged nuts 22 so that the blocks may be clamped adjustably to any desired height within the brackets.

Formed with the blocks 20, are extensions 25 and 26, the former having an o ening 27 receptive of a pin 28, by means 0 which is pivotally connected an arm 30, so that the same may be freely rotated thereupon. This arm has an angular abutment 31, and set in the arm is a pivot pin 32, securing a second arm 34, having an angular end 35, adapted to make contact with the abutment 31 when extended in alinement with the arm 30, a latchor clip 36 is provided to hold the arms in alinement when so desired.

Secured in the outer end of the arm 34 is a spindle 38, pivotally engaging a turn-table 40, having secured upon its upper surface arms 42, extending upward and outward,

and connected at their outer extremities by crossbars 43, the same serving as supports for the cords 45, upon which the articles to be dried are suspended. Central support cords 46 are likewise secured to the bars 43, at their outer ends and to the raised elements 47, secured upon the arms 42, near their center, the frame unit thus formed constituting in effect, a well known form of clothes rack rotatable upon the central stud, or spindle 38. Engaged in the lower block extension 26, is a bent rod 50, its upturned end being fixed in the extremity of the arm 30, while upon the side of the arm 30. are eyes 51, engageable by a hook 52, of the rod 53 secured in an eye 54, fixed in the wall of the building. A similar eye 56, is set in the bar 34, engaged with which is a rod 57. having a hook 58. secured to an eye fixed in the wall of the buildin Thus when the hooks are in place the arms 30 and 34 are held extended at a right angle, directly'outward from the building, closely adjacent to the window opening.

In order to cause the lower support 26, to act in unison with the upper support 25, projections 60 are formed with the extensions 25 and 26, the same extending out to the side and are connected by a rod 61, thereby causing the supports to mo've-:in the brackets 14 and 15 as a unit.

Attached to the bars 43 are eyes 63 engageable with a hook 64 formed with a rod 65, carried in an eye 66, attached centrally above the brackets and in order to prevent the bars and 34 from swinging too far outwardly prior to engagement of the hooks, a rigid stop 68 is fixed in the wall of the building preventing an overmovement of the structure.

In operation, the hooks having been disengaged from the several eyes, the apparatus may be turned upon the pivots 32 and 38 so as to extend inwardly within a Window, as shown in Fig. 3, allowing the wet articles to be suspended in a convenient and easy manner, whereupon, due to the several joints, the frame may be extended outwardly throu h the window and, upon the hooks being xed in their respective eyes,

a pair of brackets, one arranged vertically. in alinement with the other, supports movable in said brackets, an arm pivoted on sald supports, braces for said arm extending to the lower of said supports, a second arm pivoted on the first named arm, means for limiting the action of said second arm, a turn-table pivoted at the extremity of said second arm, a frame fixed on said turn-table, said frame carrying a plurality of cords, means for lockin said frame against rotation and means or holding said arms rigidly when fully extended.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

FRANK KIRAVIECZ. 

